Best movies like Bed of Roses
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Plot Summary:
The seeds of love are planted when Lisa, a high-powered investment banker, receives flowers from a secret admirer. But when his fairy-tale fantasies clash with her workaholic ways, they soon find out that sometimes, it's harder than it seems for love to conquer all.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: romantic, touching, romantic drama, independent film, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, crying, fairy tale
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Meet Prince Charming (1999)
Plot Summary:
Jonathan 'Jack' Harris is a waiter, who hopes to start a newspaper called The Tribeca Times, after the part of Manhattan where he lives, and while struggling to find advertisers and stories decides to do one on Internet dating services, so he joins one and seems to have found a great match, maybe even a soul-mate. He doesn't know it's actually his apartment block neighbor, 29-year old magazine editor Samantha Feld -who only rolled into the thing because her friend and co-worker Jen thinks she needs a man and threw a party at Samantha's place- with whom he clashed from the start in daily life as they consider each-other noisy and inconsiderate. Yet, when they meet after e-mail bliss together and nothing but failed dates with others.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 771
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: touching, feel good, realistic, semi serious, romantic, erotic, sexy, independent film, humorous
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Holiday Road Trip (2013)
Plot Summary:
Ashley Scott plays an executive for a company that produces pet supplies. Just after getting into a fight with her boyfriend about their relationship status, she takes up with the company's mascot and the company president's son on a road trip across America at Christmastime in an effort to get home for the holiday season.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 632
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, touching, humorous, melancholic, talky
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Up Close & Personal (1996)
Plot Summary:
Tally Atwater has a dream: to be a prime-time network newscaster. She pursues this dream with nothing but ambition, raw talent and a homemade demo tape. Warren Justice is a brilliant, hard edged, veteran newsman. He sees Tally has talent and becomes her mentor. Tally’s career takes a meteoric rise and she and Warren fall in love. The romance that results is as intense and revealing as television news itself. Yet, each breaking story, every videotaped crisis that brings them together, also threatens to drive them apart.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: romantic, sentimental, bad ending, sad, romantic drama, sincere, serious, captivating, realistic, tear jerker
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Straight From the Heart (2003)
Plot Summary:
Jordan Donavan, a photographer in New York, is so disappointed when after five years of going steady Edward Morgan offers her not marriage but just to move in with him, that she accepts the match-making arranged via a magazine by her female friend with Tyler Ross, a horse rancher in the West, whose candidacy was actually also posted by his sister. After a bad start they soon grow closer.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, semi serious, humorous, light, romantic, captivating, sex comedy, realistic, romantic drama
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Falling Up (2009)
Plot Summary:
A nursing student forced to quit school for family reasons winds up taking a job as a doorman in an elite apartment building in New York City, where he sparks to one of his residents.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, romantic, romantic comedy, independent film
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Jump Tomorrow (2001)
Plot Summary:
When shy, straitlaced George (Tunde Adebimpe) meets vivacious, adorable Alicia (Natalia Verbeke), he's instantly smitten -- which puts his imminent arranged marriage in jeopardy. He vows to do the right thing, but then he falls in with Gerard (Hippolyte Girardot), a lovesick, voluble Frenchman who overcomes George's sense of propriety and takes him on a meandering road trip to amour.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: humorous, romantic, sweet, touching, feel good, cult classic, clever, offbeat, road movie, realistic
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Seasons Of Love (2014)
Plot Summary:
Set in the picturesque backdrop of New York, "Seasons of Love" is a romantic, soulful holiday drama about two people who struggle to find love against the odds, while reconciling with the past and learning the true value of family.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 153
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: uplifting, humorous, semi serious, sincere, romantic, captivating, touching, realistic, independent film
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Jack and Jill vs. the World (2008)
Plot Summary:
Jack and Jill's Manifesto of Rules to Live By Rule 1 Be honest Rule 2 Believe in fairy tales Rule 3 Accept time as our friend Rule 4 Make sure the nooky is good Rule 5 Promote beauty. Wage a sustained campaign against ugliness Rule 6 Abandon the pursuit of happiness and its false promise Rule 7 Show compassion, except to pirates Rule 8 Less TV Rule 9 Always be willing to admit when you're wrong.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: touching, sentimental, feel good, humorous, romantic, sad, realistic, semi serious, teen comedy
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All Relative (2014)
Plot Summary:
Things couldn't be going better for Harry and Grace, a young New York City couple in love, until Grace's mother turns Harry's world upside down.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: tense, touching, humorous, semi serious, realistic, witty, romantic, romantic comedy, independent film
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The Bread, My Sweet (2001)
Plot Summary:
Dominic works round the clock: nights making biscotti for his family's bakery in a working-class Italian neighborhood in Pittsburgh, then days downtown where he's a specialist in firing people at a company that negotiates mergers. He's thrown for a loop with he learns that Bella, an elderly neighbor who's his family's closest friend, has but a few months to live. All her life, she's saved money in coffee cans for her daughter, Lucca's, wedding, but Lucca is off in foreign lands, initially as a Peace Corps volunteer, and doesn't need a man. Dominic vows to bring Lucca home and convince her to marry him to fulfill Bella's most fervent wish. What will Lucca say?.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 959
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, realistic, feel good, semi serious, romantic drama, humorous
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Falling in Love (1984)
Plot Summary:
During shopping for Christmas, Frank and Molly run into each other. This fleeting short moment will start to change their lives, when they recognize each other months later in the train home and have a good time together. Although both are married and Frank has two little kids, they meet more and more often, their friendship becoming the most precious thing in their lives.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: romantic, sentimental, light, sweet, melancholic, emotional, touching, sincere, realistic, semi serious
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Gabriela (2001)
Plot Summary:
Mike is romantic and persistent, a social worker at a psychiatric clinic who falls for a new intern. Gabriela is passionate; she's also engaged; although her love for her fiance Patrick seems more fraternal than erotic, she has an overwhelming sense of obligation to marry him. Mike gets dubious counsel from a colleague, Douglas, who's seems to have a new relationship weekly, and from his unhappy brother. She gets advice from her supervisor, whose long-term marriage ended badly. Gabriela can't seem to say no to Mike, except when he asks her to end her engagement. She heads home to Mexico to introduce Patrick to her family. What's Mike to do? Will anything change her mind?.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, realistic, erotic, romantic, sexy, romantic drama, feel good, humorous, semi serious
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Griffin & Phoenix (2006)
Plot Summary:
A terminally ill man falls in love with a woman who has a secret that threatens their time spent together.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, realistic, humorous, romantic, erotic, heartfelt, semi serious, tear jerker, tearjerker
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I Hate Valentine's Day (2009)
Plot Summary:
A love story set in Manhattan, where a florist who abides by a strict five-date-limit with any man finds herself wanting more with the new restaurateur in town.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: romantic, feel good, semi serious, humorous, realistic, sincere, sweet, touching, romantic comedy, exciting
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Love Jones (1997)
Plot Summary:
Darius Lovehall is a young black poet in Chicago who starts dating Nina Moseley, a beautiful and talented photographer. While trying to figure out if they've got a "love thing" or are just "kicking it," they hang out with their friends, talking about love and sex. Then Nina tests the strength of Darius' feelings and sets a chain of romantic complications into motion.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: romantic, sexy, light, sentimental, talky, hood, romantic drama, erotic, cult classic, independent film
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Sabrina (1995)
Plot Summary:
An ugly duckling having undergone a remarkable change, still harbors feelings for her crush: a carefree playboy, but not before his business-focused brother has something to say about it.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 44000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 127 min
Plot tags: romantic, feel good, sweet, sentimental, light, fairy tale, romantic comedy, cute, clever, sad
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One Fine Day (1996)
Plot Summary:
Melanie Parker, an architect and mother of Sammy, and Jack Taylor, a newspaper columnist and father of Maggie, are both divorced. They meet one morning when overwhelmed Jack is left unexpectedly with Maggie and forgets that Melanie was to take her to school. As a result, both children miss their school field trip and are stuck with the parents. The two adults project their negative stereotypes of ex-spouses on each other, but end up needing to rely on each other to watch the children as each must save his job. Humor is added by Sammy's propensity for lodging objects in his nose and Maggie's tendency to wander.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 48000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: light, feel good, entertaining, romantic, romantic comedy, touching, humorous, sweet, witty, uplifting
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Sweet November (2001)
Plot Summary:
Nelson is a man devoted to his advertising career in San Francisco. One day, while taking a driving test at the DMV, he meets Sara. She is very different from the other women in his life. Nelson causes her to miss out on taking the test and later that day she tracks him down. One thing leads to another and Nelson ends up living with her through a November that will change his life forever.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 94000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: romantic, touching, sentimental, sad, emotional, sexy, realistic, tear jerker, thought provoking, romantic drama
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P.S. I Love You (2007)
Plot Summary:
A young widow discovers that her late husband has left her 10 messages intended to help ease her pain and start a new life.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 217000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min
Plot tags: touching, romantic, emotional, sentimental, sad, uplifting, sweet, tear jerker, romantic comedy, cute
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Autumn in New York (2000)
Plot Summary:
Autumn in New York follows the sexual exploits of Will Keane - New York restaurateur, infamous verging-on-50 playboy, master of the no-commitment seduction - until he runs into an unexpected dead end when he meets Charlotte Fielding. Charlotte is half Will's age and twice his match, a 21 year-old free spirit yearning to get out and taste the excitement of adult life.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 28000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: romantic, sentimental, emotional, touching, heartbreaking, sad, sexy, intense, contemplative, romantic drama
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At First Sight (1999)
Plot Summary:
A blind man has an operation to regain his sight at the urging of his girlfriend and must deal with the changes to his life.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min
Plot tags: romantic, touching, emotional, sentimental, sincere, serious, realistic, contemplative, gloomy, exciting
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Love Story (1970)
Plot Summary:
Harvard Law student Oliver Barrett IV and music student Jennifer Cavilleri share a chemistry they cannot deny - and a love they cannot ignore. Despite their opposite backgrounds, the young couple put their hearts on the line for each other. When they marry, Oliver's wealthy father threatens to disown him. Jenny tries to reconcile the Barrett men, but to no avail.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 37000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: touching, emotional, sentimental, romantic, sad, serious, tear jerker, sweet, melancholic, romantic drama
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Love Happens (2009)
Plot Summary:
Dr. Burke Ryan is a successful self-help author and motivational speaker with a secret. While he helps thousands of people cope with tragedy and personal loss, he secretly is unable to overcome the death of his late wife. It's not until Burke meets a fiercely independent florist named Eloise that he is forced to face his past and overcome his demons.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 34000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada, UK
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: romantic, light, touching, sentimental, romantic comedy, melancholic, serious, realistic, tear jerker, predictable
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Old Fashioned (2014)
Plot Summary:
A romantic-drama, OLD FASHIONED centers on Clay Walsh, a former frat boy who gives up his carousing and now runs an antique shop in a small Midwestern college town. There, he has become notorious for his lofty and outdated theories on love and romance. When Amber Hewson, a free-spirited young woman with a restless soul, drifts into the area and rents the apartment above his shop, she finds herself surprisingly drawn to his noble ideas, which are new and intriguing to her. And Clay, though he tries to fight and deny it, simply cannot resist being attracted to her spontaneous and passionate embrace of life. Ultimately, Clay must step out from behind his relational theories, and Amber must overcome her own fears and deep wounds, as the two of them, together, attempt the impossible: an “old-fashioned” courtship in contemporary America.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, realistic, sentimental, uplifting, semi serious, christian film, independent film, disgusting, emotional
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Some Kind of Wonderful (1987)
Plot Summary:
A young tomboy, Watts, finds her feelings for her best friend, Keith, run deeper than just friendship when he gets a date with the most popular girl in school.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 34000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: feel good, romantic, teen, cute, happy, romantic drama, sentimental, touching, humorous, realistic
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The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996)
Plot Summary:
Rose Morgan, who still lives with her mother, is a professor of Romantic Literature who desperately longs for passion in her life. Gregory Larkin, a mathematics professor, has been burned by passionate relationships and longs for a sexless union based on friendship and respect.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min
Plot tags: feel good, light, humorous, sweet, sentimental, touching, romantic, emotional, intense, inspirational
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The Choice (2016)
Plot Summary:
Travis and Gabby first meet as neighbors in a small coastal town and wind up in a relationship that is tested by life's most defining events.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 45000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: romantic, touching, emotional, sweet, scenic, sentimental, serious, realistic, tear jerker, romantic comedy
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Return to Me (2000)
Plot Summary:
It took a lot of cajoling to get Bob (Duchovny), a recently widowed architect, to go on a blind date at a quirky Irish-Italian eatery. Once there, he's smitten instantly not with his date but with the sharp-witted waitress, Grace (Driver). Everything seems to be going great until an unbelievable truth is revealed, one that could easily break both of their hearts for good.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: inspirational, sentimental, touching, feel good, romantic comedy, romantic, entertaining, sweet, realistic, humorous
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Sleepless in Seattle (1993)
Plot Summary:
A young boy who tries to set his dad up on a date after the death of his mother. He calls into a radio station to talk about his dad’s loneliness which soon leads the dad into meeting a Journalist Annie who flies to Seattle to write a story about the boy and his dad. Yet Annie ends up with more than just a story in this popular romantic comedy.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 187000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: romantic, feel good, touching, sentimental, inspirational, light, romantic comedy, funny, sweet, emotional
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You've Got Mail (1998)
Plot Summary:
Book superstore magnate, Joe Fox and independent book shop owner, Kathleen Kelly fall in love in the anonymity of the Internet – both blissfully unaware that he's putting her out of business.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 226000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: feel good, sweet, touching, sentimental, light, romantic, entertaining, humorous, cute, inspirational